Improvement in fences



G. KICHERER.

Fence.

Patented Oct. 2, 1866.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

GEORGE KIOHERER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,432, dated October2, 1866.

-To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE KICHERER, ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Fences; and I do hereby declarethat the following isa full, clear,- and exact description of the same,reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to construct the panels of a metallicfence in such a way that they may be easily and strongly put together,and with as little extraneous support or bracing as may be possible. it

To accomplish this object my invention consists in casting the panelswith staples or eyes placed in a position that will admit the passage ofan iron rod fastened at the ends with keyed head-blocks, that.alsosecure the ends of other rods, bywhich the whole may be braced in anydesired direction.

To enable others skilled in the arts to which it appertains to make anduse myinvention, I will proceed to describe its construction andoperation with reference to the drawing, which represents the reverseside of three panels, (indicated by red division-lines,) put together inthe manner I have described.

Each panel has the upper and lower pairs of staples or eyes, a a and bb, placed .in lines at the adjacent ends, to admit the continuous rods 0and a, by which they are held together,

and on which they are secured by means of the heads 6, that may befastened in any position by appropriate keys. These staples or eyesshould be made of wrought-iron and embedded in the mold in which thepanel is to be cast, so thatthe melted metal may be run upon theirshanks and the staples incorporated with the panel when cast. The heads6 also retain the bent ends of the rods f, the other ends of which arebolted or otherwise secured to the braces g, also placed upon the rods 0and (I. These braces may be turned either outward or vertically, and theupper one in the drawing is represented as placed to brace the fence ina lateral direction, while the lower one supports it longitudinally.

When the posts used to support the fence are of iron they may bemadewith special provision for the reception of the heads and ends of therods and braces and if marble be employed the heads may be let intosuitable recesses and covered with ornamental rosettes.

I claim as a new article of manufacture- The panels fitted with staplesor eyes for the reception of tie-rods and braces,.substantially in themanner described and for the purpose spccitied.

GEORGE KIOHERER. Witnesses:

EDWIN G. ALEXANDER, VVM. KEMBLE HALL.

